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When a homeowner near the airport found an aircraft shimmy dampener from a PA-28 had fallen through the roof of his home he was able to track down the aircraft via the part type and investigation of such equipped aircraft at the airport. The reports were submitted by the pilot undergoing a BFR and his check airman who had flown the offending aircraft during the time period in question.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1198210 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201408 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Landing Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Check Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 2800 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 9 Flight Crew Total 311 Flight Crew Type 48 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe |
Narrative:
A homeowner from a house near our airport informed us that an object had fallen through the roof of their house. The person claimed that he was not home at the time but it had happened some time between xa:00am and xg:00pm EDT. The picture the home owner showed us was of a nose wheel shimmy dampener. I checked the aircraft I was flying earlier that day and discovered the shimmy dampener was missing. From approximately xd:15pm until xe:45pm; I was conducting a flight review for a pilot in one of the flight school aircraft. The aircraft was also flown from xx:00am-xb:00am that day. It is not clear to me if the part fell during my flight or the prior flight. The pilot I was flying with did the preflight of the aircraft. I think that it would be easy to overlook the missing part if it were not there during the preflight but I have no way of knowing if the part was on the aircraft when we took off or not.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: When a homeowner near the airport found an aircraft shimmy dampener from a PA-28 had fallen through the roof of his home he was able to track down the aircraft via the part type and investigation of such equipped aircraft at the airport. The reports were submitted by the pilot undergoing a BFR and his check airman who had flown the offending aircraft during the time period in question.
Narrative: A homeowner from a house near our airport informed us that an object had fallen through the roof of their house. The person claimed that he was not home at the time but it had happened some time between XA:00am and XG:00pm EDT. The picture the home owner showed us was of a nose wheel shimmy dampener. I checked the aircraft I was flying earlier that day and discovered the shimmy dampener was missing. From approximately XD:15pm until XE:45pm; I was conducting a flight review for a pilot in one of the flight school aircraft. The aircraft was also flown from XX:00am-XB:00am that day. It is not clear to me if the part fell during my flight or the prior flight. The pilot I was flying with did the preflight of the aircraft. I think that it would be easy to overlook the missing part if it were not there during the preflight but I have no way of knowing if the part was on the aircraft when we took off or not.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.